Peter and Paul Cathedral of Kazan is located on M. Dzhalilya Street, in the house No. 21, before revolution of 1917 the street on a cathedral was called Peter and Paul.
In Peter I's reign across all Russia remarkable temples in style of the Russian baroque are created: Holy Trinity Church in Troitse-Lykove near Moscow (1697), church of Revival in Kadashakh in Moscow (1687), Blessed Virgin Mary's cathedral in Nizhny Novgorod (1719). Peter and Paul Cathedral of Kazan one of the brightest examples of style of a Petrovsky era, for regional architecture — exclusive.
Peter and Paul Cathedral always was the most impressive in a set of the Kazan temples, all Russian emperors, starting with Catherine II (except Nicholay II) were his visitors, and almost all famous people, irrespective of religion, visiting Kazan — descriptions of a cathedral are brought in Alexander Humboldt and Alexandre Dumas's compositions, there was Aleksander Sergeyevich Pushkin, in chorus of a cathedral Fedor Ivanovich Shalyapin sang.
The temple complex includes actually a cathedral, a belltower, the house of a pricht.
Address: Musa Dzhalil St., 21, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 420111
Phone: 8 (843) 292-08-41
